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81:2 Sing <05375> a song <02172> and play <05414> the tambourine <08596>, the pleasant <05273> sounding harp <03658>, and the ten-stringed instrument <05035>! 81:3 Sound the ram’s horn <07782> on the day of the new moon <02320>, and on the day <03117> of the full moon <03677> when our festival <02282> begins. 81:4 For <03588> observing the festival is a requirement <02706> for Israel <03478>; it <01931> is an ordinance <04941> given by the God <0430> of Jacob <03290>. 81:5 He decreed <07760> it as a regulation <05715> in Joseph <03084>, when he attacked <03318> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>. I heard <08085> a voice <08193> I did not <03808> recognize <03045>. 81:6 It said: “I removed <05493> the burden <05447> from his shoulder <07926>; his hands <03709> were released from holding <05674> the basket <01731>. 81:7 In your distress <06869> you called out <07121> and I rescued <02502> you. I answered <06030> you from a dark <05643> thundercloud <07482>. I tested <0974> you at <05921> the waters <04325> of Meribah <04809>. (Selah <05542>) 81:8 I said, ‘Listen <08085>, my people <05971>! I will warn <05749> you! O Israel <03478>, if <0518> only you would obey <08085> me! 81:9 There must be <01961> no <03808> other <02114> god <0410> among you. You must not <03808> worship <07812> a foreign <05236> god <0410>. 81:10 I <0595> am the Lord <03068>, your God <0430>, the one who brought <05927> you out <05927> of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>. Open <07337> your mouth <06310> wide <07337> and I will fill <04390> it!’ 81:11 But my people <05971> did not <03808> obey <08085> me <06963>; Israel <03478> did not <03808> submit <014> to me. 81:12 I gave <07971> them over to their stubborn <08307> desires <03820>; they did <01980> what seemed right <04156> to them. 81:13 If only <03863> my people <05971> would obey <08085> me! If only Israel <03478> would keep <01980> my commands <01870>! 81:14 Then I would quickly <04592> subdue <03665> their enemies <0341>, and attack <03027> <07725> their adversaries <06862>.” 81:15 (May those who hate <08130> the Lord <03068> cower in fear <03584> before him! May they be <01961> permanently <05769> <06256> humiliated!) 81:16 “I would feed <0398> Israel the best <02459> wheat <02406>, and would satisfy <07646> your appetite with honey <01706> from the rocky <06697> cliffs.”

• Psa 81:1-16 -- Psalm 81

• Music

  [isbe] MUSIC - mu'-zik: I. IMPORTANCE 1. The Sole Art Cultivated 2. A Wide Vocabulary of Musical Terms 3. Place in Social and Personal Life 4. Universal Language of Emotions 5. Use in Divine Service 6. Part at Religious Reformation...
  [nave] MUSIC Teachers of, 1 Chr. 15:22; 25:7, 8; 2 Chr. 23:13. Physical effect of, on people, 1 Sam. 16:15, 16, 23. Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices, 2 Chr. 29:27, 28. Precentor, Neh. 12:42. Chief musician, Neh. 12:...
  

• Asaph

  [ebd] convener, or collector. (1.) A Levite; one of the leaders of David's choir (1 Chr. 6:39). Psalms 50 and 73-83 inclusive are attributed to him. He is mentioned along with David as skilled in music, and a "seer" (2 Chr. 29:30)...
  [nave] ASAPH 1. Father of Joah, 2 Kin. 18:18; Isa. 36:3, 22. 2. Son of Berachiah. One of the three leaders of music in David's organization of the tabernacle service, 1 Chr. 15:16-19; 16:5-7; 25:1-9; 2 Chr. 5:12; 35:15; Neh. 12:46...
  

• Psalms

  [ebd] The psalms are the production of various authors. "Only a portion of the Book of Psalms claims David as its author. Other inspired poets in successive generations added now one now another contribution to the sacred collecti...
  

• JOY

  [isbe] JOY - joi (simchah; chara): 1. Terms: The idea of joy is expressed in the Old Testament by a wealth of synonymous terms that cannot easily be differentiated. The commonest is simchah (1 Sam 18:6, etc.), variously translated ...
  

• Praise

  [nave] PRAISE Song of Moses, after the passage of the Red Sea, Ex. 15:1-19. Of Miriam, Ex. 15:21. Of Deborah, after defeating the Canaanites, Judg. 5. Of Haah, 1 Sam. 2:1-10. Of David, celebrating his deliverance from the hand ...
  

• TRUMPETS, FEAST OF

  [isbe] TRUMPETS, FEAST OF - 1. Description: In Lev 23:23-25 the first day (new moon) of the seventh month is set apart as a solemn rest, "a memorial of blowing of trumpets" (the Hebrew leaves "of trumpets" to be understood), signal...
  

• Gittith

  [ebd] a stringed instrument of music. This word is found in the titles of Ps. 8, 81, 84. In these places the LXX. render the word by "on the wine-fats." The Targum explains by "on the harp which David brought from Gath." It is the...
  

• PSALMS, BOOK OF

  [isbe] PSALMS, BOOK OF - samz, (tehillim, "praises," cepher tehillim, "book of praises"; Psalmoi, Psalterion): I. INTRODUCTORY TOPICS 1. Title 2. Place in the Canon 3. Number of Psalms 4. Titles in the Hebrew Text II. AUTHORSHIP AN...
  

• Blessing

  [nave] BLESSING For blessing before eating, See: Prayer, Thanksgiving Before Taking Food. See also Benedictions. Responsive Blessings of the Law Deut. 28:1-14 For the responsive Curses of the law, See: Curse. Divine, Contingent...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Wheat

  [ebd] one of the earliest cultivated grains. It bore the Hebrew name hittah, and was extensively cultivated in Palestine. There are various species of wheat. That which Pharaoh saw in his dream was the Triticum compositum, which b...
  [smith] the well-known valuable cereal, cultivated from the earliest times, is first mentioned in ((Genesis 30:14) in the account of Jacob?s sojourn with Laban in Mesopotamia. Egypt in ancient times was celebrated for the growth of i...
  [nave] WHEAT, Rev. 6:6. Grown in Palestine, 1 Kin. 5:11; Psa. 81:16; 147:14. Offerings of, Num. 18:12. Prophecy of the sale of a measure of, for a pey, Rev. 6:6. Parables of, Matt. 13:25; Luke 16:7. Wiowing of, Matt. 3:12; Lu...
  

• THUNDER

  [ebd] often referred to in Scripture (Job 40:9; Ps. 77:18; 104:7). James and John were called by our Lord "sons of thunder" (Mark 3:17). In Job 39:19, instead of "thunder," as in the Authorized Version, the Revised Version transla...
  [isbe] THUNDER - thun'-der (ra`am (1 Sam 2:10; Job 26:14; 39:19; 40:9; Ps 77:18; 81:7; 104:7; Isa 29:6), qol, "a voice" (Ex 9:23; 1 Sam 7:10; 12:17; Job 28:26; 38:25)): Thunder is the noise resulting from the lightning discharge. I...
  [smith] is hardly ever heard in Palestine form the middle of April to the middle of September; hence it was selected by Samuel as a striking expression of the divine displeasure toward the Israelites. (1 Samuel 12:17) Rain in harv...
  

• Honey

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. ya'ar, occurs only 1 Sam. 14:25, 27, 29; Cant. 5:1, where it denotes the honey of bees. Properly the word signifies a forest or copse, and refers to honey found in woods. (2.) Nopheth, honey that drops (Ps. 19:10; ...
  [isbe] HONEY - hun'-i (debhash; meli): One familiar with life in Palestine will recognize in debhash the Arabic dibs, which is the usual term for a sweet syrup made by boiling down the juice of grapes, raisins, carob beans, or date...
  [nave] HONEY. Ex. 16:31; 2 Sam. 17:29; Prov. 25:27; Song 4:11; Isa. 7:15; Matt. 3:4; Luke 24:42. Not to be offered with sacrifices, Lev. 2:11. Found in rocks, Deut. 32:13; Psa. 81:16; upon the ground, 1 Sam. 14:25. Samson's rid...
  

• BASKET

  [ebd] There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version: (1.) A basket (Heb. sal, a twig or osier) for holding bread (Gen. 40:16; Ex. 29:3, 23; Lev. 8:2, 26, 31; Num. 6:15, 17, 19). Sometimes baskets were...
  [isbe] BASKET - bas'-ket: Four kinds of "baskets" come to view in the Old Testament under the Hebrew names, dudh, Tene', cal and kelubh. There is little, however, in these names, or in the narratives where they are found, to indica...
  [smith] The Hebrew terms used in the description of this article are as follows: (1) Sal , so called from the twigs of which it was originally made, specially used for holding bread. (Genesis 40:16) ff. (Exodus 29:3,23; Leviticus 8:2...
  

• Self-delusion

  [nave] SELF-DELUSION A characteristic of the wicked, Psa. 49:18. Prosperity frequently leads to, Psa. 30:6; Hos. 12:8; Luke 12:17-19. Obstinate siers often given up to, Psa. 81:11, 12; Hos. 4:17; 2 Thess. 2:10, 11. Exhibited in ...
  

• Trumpet

  [nave] TRUMPET Made of ram's horn, Josh. 6:4-6, 8, 13; of silver, Num. 10:2. Uses of, prescribed by Moses, Num. 10:1-10. Used in war, Job 39:24, 25; Jer. 4:19; 6:1, 17; 42:14; 51:27; Ezek. 7:14; Amos 2:2; 3:6; Zeph. 1:16; 1 Cor. ...
  

• Lust

  [isbe] LUST - (5 Hebrew and 5 Greek words are so rendered, namely: (1) nephesh, (2) sheriruth, (3) ta'awah, (4) chamadh, (5) 'awah; (1) epithumia, (2) hedone, (3) epipotheo, (4) orexis, (5) pathos): The word both as verb and as sub...
  [nave] LUST Evil desire. Gen. 3:6; Ex. 20:17; Job 31:9-12; Psa. 81:12; Prov. 6:24, 25; Matt. 5:28; Mark 4:19; John 8:44; 1 Cor. 9:27; 1 Cor. 10:6, 7; Eph. 4:22; 1 Tim. 6:9; 2 Tim. 2:22; 2 Tim. 4:3, 4; Tit. 2:12; Jas. 1:14, 15; Jas....
  

• Backsliders

  [nave] BACKSLIDERS. Lev. 26:14-42; Deut. 4:9; Deut. 8:11-14; Deut. 28:58, 59, 63 vs. 15-68;; 1 Kin. 9:6-9; Deut. 29:18 vs. 18-28.; Deut. 32:15-30; Josh. 24:27 vs. 20-27.; 2 Chr. 15:2-4; Ezra 8:22; Job 34:26, 27; Psa. 44:20, 21; Ps...
  

• Impenitence

  [nave] IMPENITENCE. Lev. 23:26-29; Lev. 26:21 vs. 22-24.; Deut. 29:19-21; 1 Sam. 15:23; Job 9:2, 4; Job 24:13; Job 33:14; Psa. 7:11, 12 v. 13.; Psa. 10:3; Psa. 32:9; Psa. 50:17, 21; Psa. 52:1, 7; Psa. 58:3-5; Psa. 68:21; Psa. 78:8...
  

• Prayer

  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• Psalms 81: At the Feast of Tabernacles

  

• [Psa 81:10] Give Me The Enlarged Desire

  Give me the enlarged desire, And open, Lord, my soul, Thy own fullness to require, And comprehend the whole; Stretch my faith’s capacity Wider, and yet wider still Then, with all that is in Thee My soul forever fill!
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• [Psa 81:16] Fed Upon The Finest Of The Wheat

  Hungry, Lord, for Thy Word of truth, Sitting at my Savior’s feet; Rising, gleaning, just like Ruth, Feed me on the finest of the wheat. Refrain Bread of life it is now to me, Honey, milk and meat; In Thy love I will ever be Fed upon the finest of the wheat. Work for the Master I will do, Trusting in His strength so great; Living in His pastures new, Feed me on the finest of the wheat. Refrain Then to the harvest let us go, Bugles sounding no retreat; Workers for Jesus, He wants you Fed upon the finest of the wheat. Refrain

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Psa 81:16] Honey In The Rock

  O my brother, do you know the Savior, Who is wondrous kind and true? He’s the “Rock of your salvation!” There’s Honey in the Rock for you. Refrain Oh, there’s Honey in the Rock, my brother, There’s Honey in the Rock for you; Leave your sins for the blood to cover, There’s Honey in the Rock for you. Have you “tasted that the Lord is gracious,” Do you walk in the way that’s new? Have you drunk from the living Fountain? There’s Honey in the Rock for you. Refrain Do you pray unto God the Father, “What wilt Thou have me to do?” Never fear, He will surely answer, There’s Honey in the Rock for you. Refrain Then go out through the streets and byways, Preach the Word to the many or few; Say to every fallen brother, There’s Honey in the Rock for you. Refrain

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• Is the statement, God will not put more on me than I can bear true?
  The concept that God will not put more on us than we can bear does have some biblical support as long as one keeps in mind the needed balance between what God sovereignly allows according to His wisdom and purpose(s)and our h...

Psalm 81:10

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